The Persistence of Prejudice: A Conversation on Race

Four decades after emancipation and the conclusion of the Civil War, the dawn of the 20th century was an era marked by a rising tide of political disenfranchisement and social scorn for African Americans. Against the backdrop of the exhibition of Ota Benga, a young Congolese man displayed in the Bronx Zoo Monkey House, authors Pamela Newkirk and James McBride explore New York’s difficult struggles with race, prejudice and discrimination.

Pamela Newkirk is a Professor of Journalism at New York University, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and the author of Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga. James McBride (moderator) is an acclaimed musician, screenwriter, and the bestselling author of The Color of Water.











When: Mon., Feb. 22, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Where: New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
212-873-3400
Price: $34
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Four decades after emancipation and the conclusion of the Civil War, the dawn of the 20th century was an era marked by a rising tide of political disenfranchisement and social scorn for African Americans. Against the backdrop of the exhibition of Ota Benga, a young Congolese man displayed in the Bronx Zoo Monkey House, authors Pamela Newkirk and James McBride explore New York’s difficult struggles with race, prejudice and discrimination.

Pamela Newkirk is a Professor of Journalism at New York University, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and the author of Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga. James McBride (moderator) is an acclaimed musician, screenwriter, and the bestselling author of The Color of Water.

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